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| Simon27 Member Since: 30 Oct 2012 Location: East Lothian Posts: 131   
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Hi All
In the recent snow I could have really done with the diff lock, but when I went to try it the lever would not budge at all. High and low range shift smoothly but there is less than 1cm of slack in the lever when trying to push it to the left and then nothing at all. The picture below shows the linkage which I have been spraying with WD40 but hasn't shifted yet. There is small movement at the link where the green arrow is as it takes up the slack, but then no movement between the link and where it goes into the transfer case. Is there anything else I can be doing to free this up? By the general condition of the Land Rover I don't believe the diff lock has ever been used in the past 3 years by it's previous owner.  Click image to enlarge |
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26th Jan 2013 3:20pm |
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| Simon27 Member Since: 30 Oct 2012 Location: East Lothian Posts: 131
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It turned out to be determined not to move but got it going now, all with the help of new my patented tool:
Click image to enlarge Diff lock light also turned on immediately and got it to disengage too. |
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28th Jan 2013 2:14pm |
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| SimonR Member Since: 28 Jun 2012 Location: Horsham, West Sussex Posts: 74 
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You beat me to it!
They seize up when not used - but generally a hammer then regular use sorts it out! Si |
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28th Jan 2013 5:29pm |
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| mk1collector Member Since: 17 Sep 2009 Location: West Yorkshire Posts: 6769  
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You want to patent that quick before a Landrover exec hands it in as his own work!!
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28th Jan 2013 5:31pm |
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